Indian Wells: Wang upsets Alexandrova, meets Krejcikova in third round

China’s Xinyu Wang reached the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells by defeating Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 18 seed, 6-2, 6-3 on Friday.

Wang, ranked No 67 in the world, will face former Roland-Garros champion Barbora Krejcikova, the No 16 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament, the 21-year-old Chinese won against Belgian Elise Mertens (6-3, 6-1).

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):

• Maria Sakkari (7) beat Shelby Rogers: 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Elena Rybakina vs. Sofia Kenin
• Tatjana Maria vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Martina Trevisan vs. Madison Brengle
• Dalma Galfi vs. Caroline Garcia
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Emma Navarro
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Bernarda Pera
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
• Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Karolina Muchova vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Magda Linette vs. Emma Raducanu
• Linda Noskova vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Coco Gauff vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Rebecca Peterson beat Shuai Zhang (22): 3-0 ret.
• Anastasia Potapova (26) beat Xiyu Wang: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Petra Kvitova (15) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (WC): 6-1, 7-5
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Evgeniya Rodina: 6-2, 6-0
• Barbora Krejcikova beat Dayana Yastremska (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Veronika Kudermetova (11) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-3, 6-4
• Lesia Tsurenko (Q) beat Donna Vekic (29): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Jil Teichmann beat Belinda Bencic (9): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko (24) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
• Anhelina Kalinina (27) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Madison Keys
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Paula Badosa
• Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
• Peyton Stearns vs. Bianca Andreescu

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